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title: תֵּבָה — ark · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּבָה (8392), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: ark. BDB 1906: n.f. ark. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּבָה

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«תֵּבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ark** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 8392 · **BDB:** תֵּבָה

### Glosses

ark (20); the.ark (5); a.basket (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8392/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8392/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ark (proposes chest, box (cf. NH תֵּבָה); prob. Egypt. loan-word from ṯ-b-t, chest, coffin (Brugsch, ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 123); \> Bab. word JenZA iv (1889), 272f. HalJAs., 1888 (Nov.-Dec.), 517);—abs. ת׳ Gn 7:1 +; cstr. תֵּבַת 6:14 Ex 2:3;—vessel in which infant Moses was laid among reeds v 3 (made of papyrus, גֹּמֶא), v 5 (both E; 𝔊 θῖβις, θήβη, cf. LewyFremdw. 100); vessel which saved Noah and his family, with animals, during flood (𝔊 κιβωτός): Gn 7:1, 7, 9, 17, 23; 8:6, 9(×2), 10, 13; 9:18 (all J), 6:14 (made of עֲצֵי גֹפֶר), v 14, 15, 16(×2), 18, 19; 7:13, 15, 18; 8:1, 4, 16, 19; 9:10 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8392/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.6/)

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וַֽיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֑וֹם וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח נֹ֔חַ אֶת־חַלּ֥וֹן הַתֵּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was from.\[the\] end of.forty day\[s\] and he.opened Noah (et) the.window of the.ark which he.had.made

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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[Genesis 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.10/)

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וַיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֛סֶף שַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.waited again seven days other and he.repeated to.send.out (et) the dove from the ark

*JPS 1917:* And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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